Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to determine your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The first opportunity to plant cigar plant in Santa Fe should be estimated by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Cigar Plant

Frost tolerance for cigar plant:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

You can not plant cigar plant until after all chance of frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant cigar plant in Santa Fe is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant cigar plant and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your cigar plant may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your cigar plant indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Santa Fe. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Santa Fe is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Santa Fe it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your cigar plant in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Santa Fe

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 0°F.

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